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Badger Takes the High-Protein Route

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Dig for victory: badger buries a whole cow and eats steak for a month https://t.co/fxJwpObwKG pic.twitter.com/H92XQttu4s — New Scientist (@newscientist) March 31, 2017 Dig for victory: badger buries a whole cow and eats steak for a month http://ow.ly/AI0k30arsqt @ New Scientist (@newscientist) March 31, 2017

Animals, Conservation, Environment, Nature

Film: The Rhino Guardians

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The Rhino Guardians from Dan Sadgrove on Vimeo. Dan Sadgrove describes his recent film on an anti-poaching group: In 2016 I travelled to South Africa to visit The Black Mambas – the worlds first all female anti-poaching unit operating in the Balule Game Reserve in South Africa. Coming from disadvantaged communities and breaking strong patriarchal…

Animals, Science/Nature

The Origin of Dogs

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How and when did wild wolves turn into domestic pets? Science tells us that humans were behind the domestication of what is now man’s best friend—but the timeline of the transformation has always been mysterious. In this video, Atlantic science writer Ed Yong explains the surprising origin of dogs in light of new research. Via…

Animals, Poll, Weird Tales

Friday Poll: Hidden Monkey on Plane

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Hidden Monkey on an Airplane: What to do? If a passenger sneaks a monkey on to a plane, what should authorities do? On a flight from Ohio to Nevada, a flight crew discovered that a passenger was concealing a service monkey: Frontier Airlines spokesman Richard Oliver says the incident happened Tuesday night on a flight…